By tubbs | Published:
August 24, 2012
Alex Barck interview – AllSaints Basement Sessions from AllSaints Spitalfields on Vimeo. Alex Barck is Jazzanova’s DJ, one half of Prommer & Barck and one of the founding fathers of Sonar Kollektiv and Derwin Records. He’s also, incidentally, one of the most requested interviewees at Heads Down. I finally managed to track him down for […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged alex barck, allsaints basement sessions, balearic, berlin, blog, boogie, broken beat, christopher tubbs, derwin, Disco, heads down, ibiza, interview, jazz, jazzanova, nu jazz, prommer & barck, sonar kollektiv |
By tubbs | Published:
August 16, 2012
It’s been a real draught for me here at Heads Down. While I’ve been editing the latest interviews and waiting for release dates to emerge I’ve also been trying to post the occasional record that I’ve been feeling. Where are all the great new records? It’s actually (unbelievably) not fundamental laziness (this time) that’s seen […]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged 4AD, alternative, ariel pink's haunted graffiti, baby, bass, blog, chill, christopher tubbs, dam funk, downbeat, emerson, heads down, r&b, soul |
By tubbs | Published:
February 3, 2012
Mo’ Wax Recordings releases were an essential part of my musical evolution. Plain and simple. I remember sitting in a warehouse at Taranaki St (in early 90’s Wellington, New Zealand) with a few fellow DJs and hearing for the first time DJ Shadow’s cinematic ‘Influx’ permeate the room like a sweet, dense opiate fog. It […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged allsaints, allsaints basement sessions, blog, christopher tubbs, dj shadow, heads down, house, James Lavelle, Mo’ Wax, techno, trip hop, UNKLE |
By tubbs | Published:
November 16, 2011
Recently we at the AllSaints Basement Sessions jumped on a plane and took our blatant music nerdiness across the Atlantic all the way to the Pacific coast, to set up base at the San Francisco Treasure Island Music Festival. One of the guys that sat down with me for a chat was Aloe Blacc, an […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged allsaints basement sessions, aloe blacc, blog, christopher tubbs, heads down, i need a dollar, r&b, san francisco, soul, stones throw, treasure island music festival, urban, usa |
By tubbs | Published:
November 7, 2011
vimeo Direkt Jose James talks to me about the creative and real-life differences between the Big Smoke and the Big Apple.
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged allsaints basement sessions, blog, christopher tubbs, dubstep, heads down, house, jazz, jose james, ldn, london, new york, nyc, techno |
By tubbs | Published:
October 7, 2011
From his early days riding with the hugely influential Bristolian Wild Bunch (the foundation of Massive Attack) to featuring in The Fifth Element movie, no one can accuse Tricky (aka Adrian Thaws) of being a couch potato. This my interview with him for Creative Britain, a culture programme curated by AllSaints Basement Sessions and GQ. […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged aftermath, basement sessions, blog, blue lines, christopher tubbs, heads down, interview, james bond, massive attack, tricky, trip hop |
By tubbs | Published:
August 24, 2011
vimeo Direkt I was in Ibiza a couple of weeks ago (god I wish I was still there) and as I was partially tiring of sun loungers and Cubra Libres (I’m kidding- I would never tire of that combo) I thought it would be incredibly selfish if I didn’t at least try and catch up […]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged blog, christopher tubbs, dj ease, djing, downbeat, george evelyn, heads down, ibiza, nightmares on wax, sampling, serato, warp records, wax da beach |
By tubbs | Published:
April 12, 2011
Africa Hitech is the Warp-signed digital congo natty project helmed by Messieurs Steve Spacek and Mark Pritchard. Although this particular project might seem a bit, I don’t know, YOUNG-sounding for many Heads Down readers (yeah I said it) the histories, stories of working with J Dilla and tech-talk will almost certainly be of interest. We […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged Africa hitech, Afrika High tech, benga, blog, Chameleon, Chaos & Julia Set, christopher tubbs, congo, congonatty, D-Bridge, dub, dubstep, electro, Electronic, glitchy, Global Communication, grime, harmonic 313, Harmonic 33, heads down, island blue, J dilla, Jay Dilla, jaydee, Jdilla, Jedi Knights, Link, Link & E621, M. Meecham, Mark Pritchard, mr scruff, Mystic Institute, N.Y. Connection, natty, production, programming, Pulusha, Reload, Roberto Edwardo Turner, Secret Ingredients, Series 7, skeam, spacek, Steve White, technology, Troubleman, Use Of Weapons, Vertigo, warp records, William Parrot28 East Boyz |
By tubbs | Published:
February 25, 2011
I’ve ranted and raved about Stones Throw many times on Heads Down; the sheer breadth of their sonic remit is frikkin awesome. Their past as a purist underground hip hop label seems such a long time ago, yet you can still smell the Polo aftershave in everything they do. I heart them, in other words. […]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged beats, blog, christopher tubbs, classical, folk, funk, heads down, la la, psychedelic, rock, soul, stepkids, stones throw, the stepkids, usa |
By tubbs | Published:
February 22, 2011
Due to the surprising (read astonishing) number of you who showed interest and appreciation for part one of my interview with Zane, here’s part two. I have to say I’m quite astonished by the reception… I was expecting a barrage of vile comments and ticking mail; I guess there’s still time though. vimeo Direkt
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged all saints, basement sessions, bbc, blog, chase & status, christopher tubbs, clothing, Dance, dave grohl, Disco, drum and bass, heads down, interview, nirvana, radio 1, rock, run dmc, video, zane lowe |